Dual impact of cultural and linguistic diversity on project network performance

Journal of Management in Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 179-187

  Comu, Semra ^a   Unsal, Hakan I ^a   Taylor, John E ^a  

^a SW Mudd Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Globalization; Organizational issues; Performance; Project networks

Indexed keywords

DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; GLOBAL PROJECTS; GLOBALIZATION; LINGUISTIC DIFFERENCES; LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY; NATIONAL CULTURES; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES; PERFORMANCE; PROJECT NETWORKS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DESIGN; NETWORK PERFORMANCE;

LINGUISTICS;

EID: 79960274661     PISSN: 0742597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000052     Document Type: Article

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